A whole lot of pitching and a little bit of offense. That’s been Florida’s path to success all season and the formula worked again Sunday during a 3-0 win against Texas Christian at the College World Series.

The Gators, in the CWS for the sixth time in eight years, will face Louisville (53-10) Tuesday at 7 p.m. at TD Ameritrade Park.

“This is who we are,” Florida coach Kevin O’Sullivan said. “It wasn’t the cleanest game on our end. We missed a couple signs, there were some baserunning situtions where we could have advanced a base, and there were some situations with runners in scoring position where we could have done better.”

It didn’t need to be a clean game because of starting pitcher Alex Faedo. He finished with 11 strikeouts and two hits in seven scoreless innings, justifying Detroit’s selection of him in the first round of last week’s Major League Baseball draft.

“He’s a complete pitcher,” TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle said. “Three-nothing felt like a lot more than three-nothing against that pitching.”

The Horned Frogs, which were shut out for the second time this season, threatened Faedo once. Two walks and an error loaded the bases in the third, but Faedo, who led the Southeast Conference in strikeouts, got the last two hitters to swing and miss. That included Evan Skoug and his 20 home runs.

“That was huge,” Faedo said. “I feel like there’s always one time in a game where that will happen — the bases are loaded or a couple guys on — and you have to find a way to get out of that. You know when you get out of that situation the other team will fold a little bit.”

TCU (47-17) put two men on in the eighth against reliever Michael Byrne but pinch-hitter Evan Williams struck out to end the scoreless inning. Byrne added to his school record with his 17th save.

Florida (48-18) hit .262 this season – the lowest mark in coach Kevin O’Sullivan’s 10 seasons in Gainesville. The Gators were far from potent Sunday, but Faedo gave them a wide margin of error.

Ryan Larson led off the first with a walk, moved to second on an errant pick-off attempt, to third on a ground out and scored on another ground out. Mike Rivera walked in the third and scored on Christian Hicks’ single.

A walk-free attack highlighted the fifth, as consecutive line drive singles from Dalton Guthrie, JJ Schwarz, and Nelson Maldonado scored Florida’s final run. The inning ended on a dual sour tone: Mike Rivera grounded into a double play during which Maldonado slipped coming around third base. He limped off the field after staying down for about 30 seconds. Maldonado stayed in the game for two more innings but was eventually replaced.

“He’ll be fine,” O’Sullivan said with a smile. “I’m sure he’ll be fine on Tuesday.”

Florida was the highest-ranked team in last year’s CWS, but went home early after losses to Coastal Carolina and Texas Tech. Faedo said it was a relief to avoid that outcome again.

“Going two-and-out was tough on us. Once we got back to Gainesville, we didn’t take too much time to get back to work,” Faedo said.

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